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-P. K. DEDERICK.

BALING PRESS.

No. 269,566. Patented Dec; 26, 1882.

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P. K. DEDERIGK. BALING PRESS.

No. 269,566. Patented De0.2 6, 1882.

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J FFICEo PETER K. DEDERIOK, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

-BALlNG-PRESS.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,566, datedDecember 26, 1882.

Application filed May 14,1880. (No model.)

To all whom t't may concern Be it known that 1, PETER K. DEDERIOK, ofAlbany, in the county of Albany and State of New York,-have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in BaIingPresses; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalview of a press embodying my invention. Fig. 2- is a frontelevation ofone of the movable partitions. Fig. 3 is a view of the mechanism forshipping the feeder. Fig. 4 represents one of the movable sectionscomposing the side of the balechamber. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 arerespectively sectional, cross-sectional, end, and longitudi- 'uresdenotethe same parts.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of bailing-pressescovered by Letters Patent granted me October 29, 1572, Nos. 132,566 and132,639, and by various patents granted to me since that date.

It con sistsin the several improvements which will be hereinalterdescribed and claimed. 7

Referring tothe drawings, A, Fig. '1, represents the press-box of thepress; B, the halochamber; G, the reciprocating traverser; E, thehopper; F, the pitman, and G the-crankwheel by which motion is impartedto the pitnian to reciprocate the traverser back and forth.

H represents the feeder, mounted upon the rock-lever H in the usualmanner, constructed of a size to fill the feed-orifice when depressed toits lowest position, and K is a spring secured to the inner lining ofone wall of the feed-hopper and operating,when thefeederis depressed, tospring out and engage with a shoulder, N, on the feeder and lock thelatter in position. Connected to the lower end of this spring is a rod,in, which passes through the wall of the hopper and is articulated tothe lower end of. the lever L, pivoted at 1, outside of the hopper,

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crates, when the traverser is near the limit of its forward movement, tostrike the upper end of the lever L, and thus retract the spring K,release the feeder H, and allow said feeder to rise by the action of thecounterbalancingweight 0 on the outer end of the rock-lever H and permitthe hopper to be filled with loose material. By causing the feeder H todescend and fill the feed-opening and remain in that position while thetraverser is moving forward the traverser is enabled to force the chargeof material into the bale-chamber with greater facility than if thefeed-opening were not so closed and portions of the material wereallowed to project up into the t'eedopening, as ordinarily.

Instead of the described devices for holding the feeder locked, anyother suitable devices that will perform thefunction may be employed.

The condenser P is caused to move back and forth in the feed-hopper bymeans of a connecting-bar, N secured to the upper end of the staff N ofthe traverser in the well-known manner; but inasmuch as said condensermust be moving slowly forward toward the feedopen-ing while the feeder His descending, I preferably provide the condenser with a concave face,so as to prevent by any possibility passes through a slidebar, R, nearits outer end, and the latter plays up and down through guides It, asshown. As the crank of the crank-wheel G moves up the end of the pitmanF strikes the lower end of the barR and raises the latter, and with itthe outer end .of the rock-lever H, thereby causing the descent of thefeeder. Ordinarily each revolution of the crank-wheel will cause thefeeder to descend once; but in order that the rod It may be swungoutward, so that the pitman will not strike it when for any reason thatis deemed necessary, I provide a rod,W, guided at X, and having at itsouter end a band, U, which loosely encircles the rod It, and connectedat its other end, at Z, to a lever, Y, pivoted near the hopper, as shownin Fig. 1. When the lever Y is moved in one direction and engaged with alocking-notch, 1, the rod R will be held in the path of the end of thepitman I; but when said lever is moved in the opposite direction andengaged with the other notch 1 the bar R will be swung out of the pathof the The .rock'lever H ICO end of the pitman, as shown in the dottedlines, Fig. 1. In order to give the bar It the requisite lateral play,the cross-timber S is slotted, as shown. The sides of the press-box atthe end of the slots in the bale-chamber are provided with projections3, and the traverser has recesses D to engage with the projections 3, asshown. The partition-followers for separating the bales are eachprovided with recesses 4, as shown in Fig. 2,to engage with theprojections 3 and allow the partitions to pass the press- "box, and alsoto hold the said partitions in an upright position. I construct the ribsor sides of the press between the tie-slots, Fig. 4, so as to hinge themnextthepress-box by a pin passing through the hole 6 and through timbersand projections on the sides of the press-box near the point 3. Theadvantage of thus hinging the sides is of more importance in an ironpress than in a wooden press, for in adjusting to secure friction thewood willspring, while iron would break if not hinged. I line the insideof said chamber on two or all sides with movable endless belts ofleather, rubber,

cloth, or other suitable material. Said endless belts pass along theinner surface of the chamber,outat thedischargingeud ot't'hebale-chainher, and along betwecnflanges on the outside of the chamber to andthrough the openings 16, Fig. 7, at thejunction ofthe press-box andbalechamber, into the inside of the bale-chamber. hen the belting isused on the sides several belts areused, in order to leave openings forthe tying-slots, each beltbeing kept in place by flanges, as shown inFigs. 4, 5, and 6. The Object of this lining is to produce increasedfriction, and is essential in pressing cotton very hard. Instead of amovable-belt lining, the leather or other material may be fastened inany suitable manner to the inner surfaces of the bale-chamber, as shownin Fig. 5. or both a fixed friction-lining and a movable friction-liningmight be used, thus greatly increassin g the friction.

A modification of my invention is shown in Fig. l at 7, 8, and 9, wherethe bale-chamber is provided with a series of corrugations or shoulderson two or all sides. Said corrugations may be out into the sides of thechamber,

as at 9, Fig. or may be formed by inserting V pieces or sections, as at7 and 8, Fig. 1. The bale-chamber is provided with an adjustable head,and is provided with two hooks, one at the top and bottom, or one oneach side, as shown at 10, Fig. 1, and hinged at 11, each hook being ofsufficient length and width to cover the end of the chamber, and when inuse being retained in position by a yoke hinged to one hook at 12. Fig.1, and yoking over the other book, as shown in said figure.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claima y 1. The combination,with the press-box, of the feeder and the locking devices for automatically locking the feeder when depressed. substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the press-box, of the feeder, the devices forautomatically locking the feeder when depressed, and the projection onthe traverser for unlocking the looking devices and releasing thefeeder, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the rod with the slide-bar It, for the purpose setforth.

4. The clamps or hooks 10 and yoke 12, in combination with the chamberof a balingpress, for the purpose set forth.

5. The sides of the bale-chamber between the tie-slots hinged to thepress-box, as set forth.

6. In a baling-press in which the material is forced in sections withina bale-chamber and built up into a bale therein by a reciprocatingtraverseigthe said bale-chamber, having its lining composed in whole orin part of movable belts, substantially as described.

P. K. DEDERIGK.

Witnesses:

1%. J. VAN SCHOONHOVEN, E. S. DEDERICK.

